Artist Statement

Through re-presentation and reenactment of narratives from the media, my interdisciplinary artistic practice criticizes the South and North Korean government's political repression that disregards the constitution. My artworks make commentaries on current issues that oppress public's freedom of expressionsuch as bureaucracy, police brutality, media censorship, and imperialism.

I embody the "issue-makers" by reenacting the actions of protestors, police officers, and politicians, through which I develop multiple perspectives on socio-political situations. I reproduce media images by collecting, appropriating, collaging, and manipulating to suggest media censorship and imply the passage of time.

As an activist-artist, I continue to reveal the socio-political events and bring the public's awareness to the human rights violations and social inequality in Korean society as well as their own societies.